JP2018183920A - Comment printer for relic - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a comment printer for a relic capable of easily printing a comment on a relic.SOLUTION: A comment printer 1 for a relic comprises: a table device 10 having a table 11 for placing a relic, a printing head 12 for discharging ink, a pointer 13 for applying light to a printing starting position on the relic, a traverse mechanism 14 for traversing the printing head 12, a lifting mechanism 15 for lifting and lowering the printing head 12, and a lifting switch 16 for lifting and lowering the printing head 12 via the lifting mechanism 15; a comment input device 20 for inputting a comment for printing on the relic; a printer body 30 for discharging ink by controlling the printing head 12 based on the comment input from the comment input device 20 and traversing the printing head 12 via the traverse mechanism 14; and a printing starting switch 40 for starting printing of the comment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a note printing apparatus for relics for printing a note on a relic excavated by excavation.

  Excavation information such as the name of the ruins, remains, excavation layer, date of excavation, etc. is entered as notes on relics such as earthenware, stoneware, woodware, metalware, etc. excavated. As a relic, for example, in the case of earthenware, it is often excavated in the state of many broken pieces, so there is a problem that it takes time and labor to write notes by hand on each piece.

  To solve this problem, as a device for printing notes on relics, a slide table that slides to the left and right, an encoder that detects the amount of movement of the slide table, and an ink jet printer that discharges ink downward above the slide table The thing provided with the head part is proposed (patent document 1). In the technology of this Patent Document 1, when the slide table is slid in a state where the relics are placed on the slide table, the ink is ejected from the head unit according to the movement amount of the slide table detected by the encoder. A note is printed on the relic.

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, since it is necessary to slide the slide table on which the relics are placed, the relics must be fixed so that they do not move relative to the slide table during the slide. There was such a problem.

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, since the ink is ejected from the head portion by the amount of movement of the slide table, if the amount of movement to slide the slide table is shorter than the length of the character string of the note, it is only halfway through the note. There was a problem that was not printed. Furthermore, in the technique of Patent Document 1, since the ink is ejected from the head unit by moving the slide table, when the slide table moves when adjusting the print position of the note on the relic, Therefore, there is a problem that the ink is unnecessarily discharged and the ink adheres to the relic and the slide table, and the relic and the slide table become dirty.

Registered Utility Model No. 3012536

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a note printing apparatus for relics that can easily print notes on relics.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the remark note printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a table on which a relic is placed, a print head that discharges ink to the relic on the table, and the print head on the table. A pointer that irradiates light to a print start position of a relic, a traverse mechanism that traverses the print head with respect to the table, a lift mechanism that lifts and lowers the print head with respect to the table, and the print head that moves up and down with the lift mechanism And a lift switch for controlling the print head, a note input device for inputting a note to be printed on a relic on the table, and controlling the print head based on the note input from the note input device. A printer body that causes the print head to traverse by the traversing mechanism, and prints notes by the printer body. It comprises a print start switch for starting and "be characterized.

  Here, examples of the “print head” include “continuous type (continuous inkjet)”, “on-demand type thermal inkjet”, and “on-demand type piezoelectric inkjet”.

  In addition, regarding the relationship between "transverse mechanism" and "elevating mechanism", "the elevating mechanism is attached to the traversing slider of the traversing mechanism", "the elevating mechanism is attached to the elevating slider of the elevating mechanism" Can be exemplified.

  Furthermore, examples of the “print start switch” include “a hand switch that is pressed by hand”, “a foot switch that is pressed by foot”, and “a voice switch that is operated by voice”.

  In addition, as for placing the relics on the table, “place the relics directly on the table”, “place the relics on the table placed on the table”, “place or hold in the hand of the operator on the table” Can be exemplified.

  According to the note printing apparatus for relics of the present invention, when printing a note on a relic placed on the table, the print head is traversed by the traversing mechanism, so compared with the case of traversing the table. It is only necessary to place the relics, and it is possible to make it easy to place the relics. Also, since the print head is traversed by the traversing mechanism in accordance with the ink ejection from the print head, the amount of movement is shorter than the length of the character string of the note as in the technique of Patent Document 1. Rather, the entire note can be reliably printed on the relic.

  Also, by operating the lift switch, the print head can be raised and lowered by the lifting mechanism, so the height of the print head can be adjusted according to the size of the relic, and it can handle relics of various sizes can do. Furthermore, since the print head can be raised and lowered by the lifting mechanism, the distance between the relic and the print head can be adjusted to the optimum distance for printing by raising and lowering the print head. It is easy to see (and clean) and can be printed. In addition, since the print head can be moved up and down by the lifting mechanism, when placing the relic on the table, the print head is moved up and away from the table to place the relic on the table. It can be easy.

  In addition, since the printing start switch is provided, the ink is not discharged from the print head unless the printing start switch is operated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the relics or the table from being soiled by the discharged ink. In addition, ink can be ejected from the print head at the timing intended by the operator, and notes can be reliably printed on the relics.

  By the way, because the print head is far away from the relic, it is difficult to know where the note will be printed on the relic. If the note is not printed at the desired position, the printed note is erased and printed. There is a problem that it takes time. On the other hand, the present invention has a pointer that irradiates light at the print start position. Therefore, the pointer light is applied to the position where the note on the relic is desired to be printed. Can be reliably printed, and the workability of note printing can be improved.

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the note printing apparatus for relics according to the present invention may include: “The traversing mechanism includes a traversing slider that traverses the table, and the lifting mechanism includes the traversing mechanism. It may be characterized by being “attached to a slider”.

  According to the note printing apparatus for relics of the present invention, since the print head and the lifting mechanism are traversed by the traversing mechanism, compared with the case where the print head and the traversing mechanism are lifted and lowered by the lifting mechanism. In the lifting mechanism, it is not necessary to raise and lower the traversing mechanism, and the weight to be lifted and lowered by the lifting mechanism is reduced, and the above-described operation and effect can be achieved as a lifting mechanism with a simple configuration. Such costs can be reduced.

  As described above, as an effect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a relic note printing apparatus that can easily print remarks on relics.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the whole structure of the note printing apparatus for artifacts which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the input screen of the note to print. It is explanatory drawing which shows a logo Chinese character creation screen. (A) is a top view which shows the state which irradiated the light with the pointer to the printing start position of the relic, and (b) is a top view which shows the state which printed the note on the relic.

  A relic note printing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The note printing device 1 for relics according to the present embodiment provides excavation information such as a ruins name, remains, excavation layer, excavation date, etc. on relics 2 such as earthenware, stoneware, woodware, metalware, etc. excavated by excavation. This is for printing as Note 3. A note printing apparatus 1 for a relic includes a table device 10 on which the relic 2 is placed, a note input device 20 for inputting a note 3 to be printed on the relic 2, and a printer that controls printing of the note 3 on the relic 2. A main body 30 and a print start switch 40 for starting the printing of the note 3 are provided.

  The table device 10 irradiates light to a table 11 on which the relic 2 is placed, a print head 12 that discharges ink to the relic 2 on the table 11, and a print start position of the relic 2 on the table 11 by the print head 12. A pointer 13 for moving the print head 12 with respect to the table 11, a lifting mechanism 15 for lifting the print head 12 with respect to the table 11, and a lift for lifting the print head 12 with the lifting mechanism 15. And a switch 16.

  Further, the table device 10 includes a print head mounting member 17 for mounting the print head 12 to the lifting mechanism 15, a lifting mechanism mounting member 18 for mounting the lifting mechanism 15 to the traversing mechanism 14, and a table power switch of the table device 10. 19.

  The table 11 is formed in a box shape with a low height. A lift switch 16 and a table power switch 19 are provided on the front surface of the table 11.

  The print head 12 has a nozzle for ejecting ink on the lower end surface. The print head 12, after the ink continuously discharged from the nozzles by a pump provided in the printer main body is made into fine ink particles by an ultrasonic transmitter and charged, the discharge direction is bent by the deflection electrode. This is a head of a continuous type ink jet printer that discharges downward (relict 2).

  The print head 12 of the present embodiment can eject ink with a resolution of 50 to 100 dpi. Further, the print head 12 can eject ink at 24-48 dots in the height direction of the characters. The ink ejected from the print head 12 is black or white alcohol-based ink. By using alcohol-based ink, it is possible to reduce the load on the worker and the working environment. Further, the ink color is properly used according to the color of the relic 2 on which the note 3 is printed.

  The pointer 13 can irradiate a laser beam using a red LED in a dot shape or a line shape. The pointer 13 is attached to the print head 12 so that the light irradiation direction can be arbitrarily changed.

  The traversing mechanism 14 includes a traversing rail 14a attached to the upper surface of the table 11, a traversing slider 14b slidably attached to the traversing rail 14a, a drive unit 14c attached to the inside of the table 11, a drive The bracket 14d which moves to the left-right direction by the part 14c, and the connection member 14e which connects the bracket 14d and the transverse slider 14b are provided. The transverse rail 14a is attached to the vicinity of the rear end of the upper surface of the table 11 (the back side in FIG. 1).

  The traversing mechanism 14 can move the bracket 14d in the left-right direction via a ball screw by driving a motor provided in the driving unit 14c. The traversing slider 14b can be traversed in the left-right direction by the connecting member 14e that couples the bracket 14d and the traversing slider 14b. Since the elevating mechanism attaching member 18 is attached to the traversing slider 14b, the print head 12, the elevating mechanism 15, the elevating mechanism attaching member 18 and the like can be caused to traverse in the left-right direction.

  The elevating mechanism 15 includes a drive unit 15a attached to the elevating mechanism attaching member 18, and an elevating slider 15b that moves up and down by the drive unit 15a. The print head 12 is attached to the lift slider 15b via the print head attachment member 17.

  The elevating mechanism 15 can move the elevating slider 15b in the vertical direction via a ball screw by driving a motor provided in the driving unit 15a, and the print head attaching member 17 attached to the elevating slider 15b can be moved. The print head 12 can be moved up and down.

  The elevation switch 16 is provided on the front surface of the table 11. The up / down switch 16 includes an upper switch 16a for raising the print head 12 and a lower switch 16b for lowering the print head 12.

  Although the detailed illustration of the print head mounting member 17 is omitted, the print head mounting member 17 extends in the front-rear direction, and a rear end thereof is mounted on the lift slider 15b of the lift mechanism 15, and is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the base portion 17a. And a cylindrical handle 17b which is attached to the front end of the base portion 17a and which slides the front and rear slider back and forth by rotating. The print head 12 is attached to the front and rear sliders of the print head attachment member 17.

  The print head mounting member 17 can position the print head 12 near the center of the table 11 in the front-rear direction, and can move the print head 12 in the front-rear direction by rotating the handle 17b. With this print head mounting member 17, the print head 12 is positioned near the center in the front-rear direction of the table 11 in plan view.

  The lifting mechanism attaching member 18 moves in the vertical direction to the plate-like substrate portion 18a attached to the transverse slider 14b of the transverse mechanism 14, the columnar portion 18b extending upward from the substrate portion 18a, and the columnar portion 18b. A movable base 18c that is movably mounted and a lock handle 18d that locks the movable base 18c with respect to the columnar portion 18b so as not to move are provided. In the lifting mechanism mounting member 18, the drive unit 15a of the lifting mechanism 15 is mounted on the moving base 18c. The lifting mechanism attaching member 18 can move the moving base 18c in the vertical direction by operating the lock handle 18d to release the lock.

  Although not shown in detail, the note input device 20 is a general-purpose personal computer having a central processing unit (CPU), a storage device, a keyboard 21, a mouse 22, a display 23, a USB port, and the like. The note input device 20 is connected to the table device 10 and the printer main body 30 by a cable 24. The note input device 20 can execute the note program stored in the storage device, thereby controlling the table device 10 and the printer main body 30 to print the note 3 on the relic 2 on the table 11.

  When the note input program 20 is executed in the note input device 20, the note 3 input screen (see FIG. 2) is displayed on the display 23, and the contents of the note 3 are entered in the print content input field using the keyboard 21 and the mouse 22. Can be entered. In the present embodiment, the print content (note 3) can be input up to 3 levels (3 lines). In the present embodiment, the note program can be executed (activated) only in a state where a designated protect dongle (also referred to as a “wive key”) is connected to the USB port.

  In the note program, alphabets, numbers, symbols, hiragana, katakana, and the like are prepared in advance as characters used for note 3. On the other hand, since kanji, logos, special characters, etc. are not prepared in advance, they can be used by opening the logo kanji creation screen (see FIG. 3), creating and registering kanji, etc. It becomes like this. In this embodiment, a character having a minimum height of 7 dots (less than 2 mm) can be created.

  Further, the note program has a function (IJP counter) for automatically assigning serial numbers to note 3. For the serial number, any one of the three lines of Note 3 can be specified, and the number of digits and the start number can also be specified. Further, in the note program, the traversing speed of the print head 12 by the traversing mechanism 14 can be set. Increasing the traversing speed increases the horizontal size of characters.

  Although not shown in detail, the printer main body 30 includes an ink tank that stores ink to be ejected from the print head 12, a pump that sends the ink in the ink tank to the print head 12, and a flow path through which the ink flows. A cleaning liquid tank that stores cleaning liquid for cleaning, a control unit that controls the pump and the print head 12, a display unit 31 that displays an operating state and the like, and an operation unit 32 are provided.

  The printer main body 30 is connected to the print head 12 by a composite cable 33. Although not shown in detail, the composite cable 33 has a feed pipe for sending ink from the printer main body 30 to the print head 12, a return pipe for returning ink from the print head 12 to the printer main body 30, and power and control for the print head 12. Electrical wiring for sending signals.

  The printer main body 30 according to the present embodiment can input the note 3 to be printed on the relic 2 on the printer main body 30 side by operating the operation unit 32.

  The print start switch 40 is a push button type switch that can be operated with hands or feet.

  Next, the usage method of the note printing apparatus 1 for relics of this embodiment is demonstrated. The printer main body 30, the table device 10, and the note input device 20 are turned on and activated in this order. When the table apparatus 10 is activated, the print head 12 is raised by the lifting mechanism 15 and the print head 12 is moved to the left by the traversing mechanism 14. When the note input device 20 is activated, the note program is executed. Then, in the note input screen shown in FIG. 2, the content of note 3 to be printed is input in the print content column, and “untransferred” is clicked at the lower left of the screen. Transfer to the main body 30.

  Subsequently, the relic 2 is placed on the table 11 of the table device 10. Then, the relic 2 is moved to the position where the note 3 in the relic 2 is desired to be printed so that the light 13a is emitted from the pointer 13 (see FIG. 4A), and the lift switch 16 is operated to operate the relic 2 The height of the print head 12 is adjusted so that the distance between the print head 12 and the print head 12 is about 15 mm.

  When the print start switch 40 is operated in this state, ink is ejected from the print head 12, and the print head 12 is moved to the right by the traversing mechanism 14, and the note 3 is printed on the relic 2 (FIG. 4 ( see b)). When the printing is completed, the traversing mechanism 14 moves the print head 12 to the left to be in the initial position.

  As described above, according to the note printing apparatus 1 for relics according to the present embodiment, when the note 3 is printed on the relic 2 placed on the table 11, the print head 12 is caused to traverse by the traversing mechanism 14. Therefore, as compared with the case where the table 11 is traversed, it is only necessary to place the relic 2, and it is possible to make it easier to place the relic 2. Further, since the print head 12 is traversed by the traversing mechanism 14 in accordance with the ejection of ink from the print head 12, the amount of movement does not become shorter than the length of the character string in Note 3. Note 3 Can be surely printed on the relic 2.

  In addition, since the print head 12 can be moved up and down by the lift mechanism 15 by operating the lift switch 16, the height of the print head 12 can be adjusted according to the size of the relic 2, and various sizes can be obtained. It can correspond to the relic 2 Furthermore, since the print head 12 can be moved up and down by the lifting mechanism 15, the distance between the relic 2 and the print head 12 can be adjusted to the optimum distance for printing by moving the print head 12 up and down. Note 3 can be printed on relic 2 in an easy-to-read (clean) manner.

  In addition, since the print head 12 can be moved up and down by the lifting mechanism 15, when the relic 2 is placed on the table 11, the print head 12 is lifted away from the table 11, so that the relic 2 is placed. It is possible to facilitate the work.

  Further, since the printing start switch 40 is provided, the ink is not discharged from the print head 12 unless the printing start switch 40 is operated. Therefore, the relics 2 and the table 11 are soiled by the discharged ink. In addition, the ink can be ejected from the print head 12 at the timing intended by the operator, and the note 3 can be reliably printed on the relic 2.

  Further, since the pointer 13 for irradiating the light 13a is provided at the print start position, the light 13a of the pointer 13 is applied to the position where the note 3 in the relic 2 is desired to be printed, so that the note 3 is printed at the desired position. Can be reliably printed, and the workability of printing Note 3 can be improved.

  Further, since the print head 12 and the lifting mechanism 15 are caused to traverse by the traversing mechanism 14, the lifting mechanism 15 is compared with the case where the print head 12 and the traversing mechanism 14 are lifted and lowered by the lifting mechanism 15. In this case, it is not necessary to raise and lower the traversing mechanism 14, and the weight to be raised and lowered by the raising and lowering mechanism 15 can be reduced. Can reduce the cost.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the height of the print head 12 is adjusted by operating the elevating switch 16 after placing a relic on the table 11 is not limited to this. The operator may operate the print start switch 40 with his / her foot while holding the relic 2 by hand so that the distance from the head 12 is an appropriate distance. Thereby, since the trouble of operating the elevation switch 16 to adjust the height of the print head 12 can be omitted, the printing operation of the note 3 can be made easier, and more in a short time. Note 3 can be printed on relic 2.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the print head 12 and the lifting mechanism 15 are traversed by the traversing mechanism 14 and the print head 12 is lifted and lowered by the lifting mechanism 15. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The print head 12 and the traversing mechanism 14 may be moved up and down by 15.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the note input device 20 and the printer main body 30 are separately configured. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the note input device 20 and the printer main body 30 are integrated. It is good also as what is comprised in this.

  In the above embodiment, the note program executed by the note input device 20 is not prepared in advance with a logo or kanji. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be prepared in advance.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remark note printing apparatus 2 Relic 3 Note 10 Table apparatus 11 Table 12 Print head 13 Pointer 14 Traversing mechanism 15 Lifting mechanism 16 Lifting switch 20 Note input device 30 Printer main body 40 Printing start switch

Claims (2)

A table on which the relics are placed, a print head for discharging ink to the relics on the table, a pointer for irradiating light to a print start position of the relics on the table by the print head, and the print head to the table A table device having a traversing mechanism for traversing, an elevating mechanism for elevating the print head relative to the table, and an elevating switch for elevating the print head by the elevating mechanism;
A note input device for inputting notes to be printed on the relics on the table;
A printer main body for controlling the print head based on the note input from the note input device to discharge ink, and causing the print head to traverse by the traversing mechanism;
A note printing apparatus for relics, comprising: a print start switch for starting printing of a note by the printer body. The traversing mechanism has a traversing slider traversing the table, and
2. The note printing apparatus for relics according to claim 1, wherein the elevating mechanism is attached to the transverse slider.

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